Table (cartibulum)
before A.D. 62
FindspotVilla of the Contrada Bottaro, near Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsOverall: 70.2 × 118.4 × 64.8 cm (27 5/8 × 46 5/8 × 25 1/2 in.)
Block (marble top): 4.4 x 62.2 x 118.4 cm (1 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 46 5/8 in.)
Block (Two stone Griffens stands): 64.1 x 13.3 x 66.4 cm (25 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 26 1/8 in.)
Mount (rolling painted wooden base): 26.7 x 91.1 x 134.6 cm (10 1/2 x 35 7/8 x 53 in.)
Block (marble top): 4.4 x 62.2 x 118.4 cm (1 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 46 5/8 in.)
Block (Two stone Griffens stands): 64.1 x 13.3 x 66.4 cm (25 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 26 1/8 in.)
Mount (rolling painted wooden base): 26.7 x 91.1 x 134.6 cm (10 1/2 x 35 7/8 x 53 in.)
Credit LineClassical Department Exchange Fund
Accession number1980.201
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFound June 16, 1902 during excavation by Gennaro Matrone of the villa of the Contrada Bottaro, located a half mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted to Gennaro Matrone by the Italian government; by 1916: the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (inv. no. 16.892); purchased by MFA from the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 18, 1980
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
5th century
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
about A.D. 138–192
1st century A.D.
2nd or 3rd century A.D.
about 490–480 B.C.
about 4th century B.C.
350–340 B.C.
about 325 B.C. (?)